Electrical Switchgear Selection and Operation

Course Objectives

This course is designed to

Types of switchgears

Type of circuit breaker

 Protection of power system

Who Should Attend

This course is intended for junior & senior electrical and non-electrical engineers, who are involved in operation, planning, maintenance, protection, control and analysis of working in power utilities and industrial plants (generation, transmission and distribution of electrical power) as well as the same personnel involved in gas and oil industries.

Duration

 5 days

Day One:

Introduction

 Voltage convention, fundamentals of circuit breakers

 Types of breakers, construction, ratings, tripping, characteristics

Switchgear in a network context

 Single line and utilization

 Switchgear in historical perspective

Oil circuit breakers, air blast CB, SF6 and vacuum CB

 Operating mechanisms

Day Two:

 Switchgear Details

Ratings Ur, Lk, lp, Va and degree of protection

Service conditions and ancillary equipment

Day Three:

 Circuit Breaker Diagnostic Techniques

 Diagnostic techniques

Switchgear vital equipment

 Batteries condition monitoring and discussions

Substation maintenance techniques

Description, structures and fuses, arresters, switches

Substation compound and switchgear maintenance

Practices

Day Four:

 Substation maintenance techniques

 Metal clad switchgear and maintenance details

Metal clad switchgear maintenance details and Discussions

Maintenance and repair fundamentals

 Maintenance and repair procedures

Day Five:

Diagnostics techniques and troubleshooting

 Nomenclature

 Troubleshooting guides

 Videos for maintenance and operation of most common circuit breakers